The typical customer for Co-Lo’s and Cloud Services is an experienced IT Pro who has been asked to use one or both, but is not familiar with either. If you fall in this category you’re in luck. World’s Top Data Centers is designed to help you quickly learn about the concepts, the players, and what people think of them.

If you are a complete newbie, you might want to check out our glossary to learn the specialized vocabulary of Co-Lo’s and Cloud Services. This tool is deigned to help you overcome the data center language barrier.

Once you have a feel for the terms in our glossary we recommend you browse the Co-Lo Directory or Cloud Service Directory, if not both. Our Co-Lo Directory has a list of companies, and each company has a profile page that provides you with contact information, website link, and locations. Our Cloud Service Directory is similar to this, except it provides you with companies that are Cloud Service Providers. Usually these companies use different terms for the same product and our classification system will help you make apple-to-apples comparisons.

If you want to impress your friends with factoids about the world’s top data centers, check out our Top Ten tab where we have compiled Top Ten Rankings for data centers based on power, size, greenest, investments — on a global basis, and by region.